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5 Proven Ways To Escape A Job You Hate
The Midlife Career Change No-Fail Strategy
Midlife career change usually begins when you feel forced to work in a job you hate. Yet a lot of mid-career executives and professionals feel trapped as they contemplate a move.
For successful career change, start early.
It’s easy to postpone a change. You think, “I don’t have time.” Or, “maybe things will get better.”
Career coaches will advise you to develop a game plan as early as possible. Many people promise themselves to stick it out, but eventually sabotage themselves because they hope they won’t have to.
In my younger years, I held many jobs I hated. I moved on but I could have made those moves more easily and certainly more peaceably if I’d planned ahead.
Over the years, I’ve talked to hundreds of other people who hated their jobs. Some found me through my website on career change. Some worked with me to find their side hustle.
Some people never escaped. Others moved on to careers that brought joy and fulfillment.
